ROUSE

I. verb (~d; rousing) Etymology: Middle English, to shake the feathers Date: 1531 transitive verb to cause to break from cover, 2. to stir up ; excite , to a~ from or as if from sleep or repose ; awaken , intransitive verb to become a~d ; awaken , to become stirred, ~ment noun ~r noun II. noun Date: 1824 an act or instance of rousing, III. noun Etymology: alteration (from misdivision of to drink ca~) of ca~ Date: circa 1601 drink , toast , carousal